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Indians and British Outposts in Eighteenth-Century America /
This fascinating look at the cultural and military importance of British forts in the colonial era explains how these forts served as communities in Indian country more than as bastions of British imperial power. Their security depended on maintaining good relations with the local Native Americans,...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Gainesville :
University Press of Florida,
2012.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: British forts and Indian neighbors
- The Key to Carolina: Old Hop, Little Carpenter, and the making of Fort Loudoun, 1756-1759
- Anxious hospitality: loitering at Fort Allen, 1756-1761
- The greatest mart of all: trade, food, drink, and interdependence at Michilimackinac, 1761- 1796
- A year at Niagara: violence, diplomacy, and coexistence in the eastern Great Lakes, 1763- 1764
- Like stars that fall: keeping up appearances at Fort Chartres, 1765-1772
- Conclusion: the Mohawks' new world.